Tag: Civil Society
120 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
For Refugee Protection, More Lenient Marriage Recognition is a Must
Out of the 58,179 total refugees admitted in the United States in 2012, most were not the principal applicants for admission but rather their spouses and unmarried children…
September 30, 2013
- Online Archive
Building Community Resilience to Violent Extremism
The Obama administration’s landmark new approach to countering violent extremism through engaging community partners calls for no less than a paradigm shift in how we…
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
Ranks, Riches, or Ruin: What Leaving the U.S. Military Means for Soldiers and the Future of the Services
In either decision, a positive outcome is far from guaranteed. Post-9/11 veterans face many obstacles when exiting the service, whether reorientation toward civilian life or…
June 12, 2013
- Online Archive
Egypt’s New Constitution: Challenges for Religious Freedom and Related Rights
Religion/State Article 2 of the new constitution includes the words, “Islam is the religion of the state…” These words were found in both the previous and the interim…
March 21, 2012
- Global Governance
- Online Archive
Rebranding Russia: The Promise of Putin
The Times Literary Supplement’s survey of recent Putin literature acknowledges that imaging is the greatest task confronting Russia today: The Kremlin’s biggest problem is…
March 6, 2012
- Online Archive
Wukan Village, China: A Narrow Path for Local Democracy
The situation escalated on December 11th as Xue Jinbo, one of the protesters’ leaders, died in custody, which triggered large-scale demonstrations and destruction at local…
February 14, 2012
- Online Archive
The Georgetown Journal’s Guide to Occupy Nigeria: Why Hawkers Love a Traffic Jam
In 2007 the CIA predicted that by 2015 Nigeria would either become a failed state or, following Sudan’s recent example, split into more than one country (separating the North…
February 14, 2012
- Online Archive
Morocco’s Parliamentary Elections: More of the Same
The results themselves are not particularly surprising. The Justice and Development Party (PJD), a moderate Islamist party, won the largest share of seats (107 out of 395) while…
December 1, 2011
- Online Archive
Strategic Optimism and the Arab Spring
These bloody events are tragic and ominous – but they are not a reason to give up on the Arab Spring. The popular protests that swept the Arab world this year are still the…
October 24, 2011
- Online Archive
Jürgen Habermas on “Myth & Religion”
As a public intellectual he has also offered arguments in public debates about the “Historians’ Quarrel” in Germany, the role of religion in public life and the future of…
October 24, 2011